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To: adorno
You are the one that's talking about 100 elite families, not me.   What are they?

If you have never heard of the World Economic Forum and all they are doing to destroy our way of life...

"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" (alternatively "you'll own nothing and be happy") is a phrase originating in a 2016 video by the World Economic Forum (WEF), summarising an essay written by Danish politician Ida Auken. The phrase has been used by critics who accuse the WEF of desiring restrictions on ownership of private property. The phrase has also been used by critics of the subscription business model, and software as a service.

In 2016, Auken published an essay originally titled "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better",[2] later retitled "Here's how life could change in my city by the year 2030", on the WEF's official web site. It described life in an unnamed city in which the narrator does not own a car, a house, any appliances, or any clothes, and instead relies on shared services for all of his daily needs. Auken later added an author's note to the story responding to critics, stating that it is not her "utopia or dream of the future", and that she intended for the essay to start discussions about technological development.[3]

You not knowing about this tells me all I need to know about you.
96 posted on 05/02/2024 8:40:45 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister
You not knowing about this tells me all I need to know about you.

So, now the whole discussion, according to you, must be about the WEF. Not the elite families that supposedly control all our lives. You're offering a moving target, and that's how people start losing the argument.

The WEF is as consequential as the UN; powerless and ineffective and irrelevant. While they occasionally may get through with some policy or action, they are still far away from controlling any part of our lives long term. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Heck, the KKK had more influence on America than any worldwide or nationwide organization, but, where are they now? You are likely more on point if you quote or invoke the congressional squad composed of anti-American radicals. Go for it.
97 posted on 05/02/2024 8:55:13 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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